After a surprisingly good sleep in a boat hostel on the Amsterdam canals, a few hours later I found myself in the middle of a field just outside of Tilburg. I was at the Roadburn Festival campsite, attempting to pitch a tent for the first time in over a decade. […]

Lovingly pinched from True Cult Heavy Metal (Blog by Louise Brown, Editor Terrorizer): Sorry I didn’t post day two of my Roadburn blog before this. That’s what happens after festivals. Life gets ya. It brings you down to the earth with an almighty punch in the lady garden. And blimey, […]

It’s been a long few days for Kim Kelly, who is currently gallavanting around Europe with Mike Scheidt and YOB, but the metal maven filed the below Roadburn report to tie up the rest of her time at the 2010 edition of the epic festival that took place during an […]

We were back to Roadburn for our 6th year in a row and staying at the same hotel. I travelled down with my band, Øresund Space Collective and we played a gig the night before in Den Haag at a cool club. Anyway, Magnus and I would meet up with […]

Because New Jersey Man on the Street H.P. Taskmaster (operating under the awkward alias “JJ Koczan”) has been doing an OUTSTANDING series of reports on Roadburn, including his problems with volcanic ash. Great, great, great stuff. Go read it: Now that I’m here and life is as good as life […]

Saturday, April 17th 2010 10:00: I’m facing the challenge of finding replacement bands for Candlemass, Shrinebuilder and suddenly Black Math Horseman as well. Apparently, they arrived in London, but their original flight from LA was canceled. Luckily I can offer The Machine a slot at Roadburn). Many ‘burners will be […]

Friday, April 16th 2010 04:33: After singing along to lots of rock classics at Orange Goblin’s Metal Disco, I decide to check my email one last time before finally falling into bed. Well, no rest for the wicked as they say. A message from Vince from Evoken is waiting. He […]

The following is my personal account of spending two days working like hell to beat Eyjafjallajökull and trying to secure the lineup for Roadburn 2010. Unfortunately about 11 bands had to cancel, which led to last minute additions, scheduling second sets and finding ways to announce the new running order. […]